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When you need hard cybersecurity problems solved, we’re here. Fractional CISO has helped startups get their first SOC 2, helped enterprises rebuild after security attacks, and managed the cybersecurity posture of private equity portfolios. With Fractional CISO, you don’t just get a consultant, you get a U.S.-based cybersecurity team consisting of an experienced Virtual CISO and a skilled cybersecurity analyst. The Virtual CISO interfaces with leadership, provides strategic guidance, and architects security plans aligned with each client’s risk appetite, compliance needs, and long-term business goals. The cybersecurity analyst provides technical support; analyzing each client’s environment, improving security configurations, conducting assessments, training, and more. Our clients enjoy the benefit of a cybersecurity team at less than half the cost of hiring a full-time CISO.

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Services Offered

Cybersecurity Consulting, Cybersecurity Compliance, Risk Assessment, CMMC Preparation, Cybersecurity Programs

Locations Serviced

Canada, United States

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Blane Erwin

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Nancy L.

12/8/2025

"Fractional CISO Delivered Perfect Results for our ISO 27001 Program — Twice"

5/5

What do you like best about Fractional CISO?

Fast matching, true CISO-level expertise, and zero drama in transitions. They’ve now saved us twice under real pressure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fractional CISO?

Nothing I would give them the Highest possible recommendation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Fractional CISO solving and how is that benefiting you?

Two years ago we asked the folks at Fractional CISO for help with our first ISO 27001 certification. They connected us with an outstanding vCISO who built our program from scratch and led us to a flawless certification on the first attempt.

When that CISO had to step away due to a health issue, we returned to Fractional CISO — this time with a ISO 27001 surveillance audit only months away. They quickly found us another exceptional cybersecurity company who was able to take over our program seamlessly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Kathleen L.

Member of the Board of Advisors

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/13/2025

"Fractional CISO created significant business value for us"

5/5

What do you like best about Fractional CISO?

It felt like an extension of our own team. They worked with us on both a corporate and a practical level to enact security and privacy protection measures that made sense for our organization size, scale and systems but that also passed scrutiny by much larger companies. We didn't have an arms-length vendor relationship; we had team members that cared just as much about our successful outcomes as we did. They handled both the recommendations and the project management around the implementation of their recommendations, keeping us on track. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fractional CISO?

There weren't any downsides about working with Fractional CISO. Having a really professional and capable security team in house would have been too expensive to be feasible for a company of our size. They allowed us access to all their expertise at a cost that made sense for us. They were also practical about their recommendations in terms of additional expense for systems and softwares that helped us to enact our security program. There will be additional cost as a result of implementing a security program, but they scaled their recommendations based on the size of our organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Fractional CISO:

I would suggest any organization who wants to work with them to start getting organized around what exists and what doesn't and what the priorities are. This will help to focus the Fractional team on the most important initiatives and systems for review. I would also suggest that the company dedicate some time from a cross functional set of team members, to make sure there is representation not just from engineering and IT, but also from the business side, especially operations, so that the result set is more holistic and applicable across the business in a meaningful way. I would also suggest that companies allocate some budget towards improving security measures, as acquiring new software or services to keep the business secure is likely to result in some additional expenditure (which is well worth it). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Fractional CISO solving and how is that benefiting you?

RepairPal has a thriving partner business with many household name partners. We needed assistance in meeting the security and technical review requirements of these partners, and we needed an overall strategy to shore up our security processes and safeguards in general. Working with Fractional CISO not only helped us to meet these security requirements, and acquire new business (while making it through due diligence with existing partners) but it also helped our business through an acquisition. We are now a wholly owned subsidiary of Yelp, Inc and I believe we made it through some of those requirements as a result of the work we did with Fractional CISO. We were also able to avoid major cybersecurity issues and problems, at a time when other major companies in the automotive space were struggling. Over the course of a couple of years, we developed a program and a set of controls we were proud of. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/11/2025

"How FCISO assisted us in building a top end security program."

5/5

What do you like best about Fractional CISO?

Meeting with a security expert each week to give guidance, direction, and answer questions in real time. This guidance was imperative in our ability to received a SOC 2 Type 1 audit and a soon to be received SOC 2 Type 2 audit, but it also prepared us to pass through [privacy and security gates put up by our school district customers for us to sell them our EdTech products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fractional CISO?

I consider my weekly interactions with FCISO to be some of my consistently most important activities of the week. We have had FCISO two leads doing this time. The first one was great, the second one was excellent. I really don't have anything to note that I dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Fractional CISO:

If you are looking to build or beef up your security program and you need help, I would recommend FCISO in a heartbeat. They are an experienced team and have a model that works. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Fractional CISO solving and how is that benefiting you?

FCISO has been with us every step of the way in building and testing our security program. We started this process 2.5 years ago. At that time we simply didn't have a security program , no policies, no procedures, no testing. We also had much more limited security exposure. As I write this now, we have built an EdTech solution that houses Student, Teacher, and Administrator PII for over a million students. We can easily pass privacy and security requirements from the demanding K12 system with its connection to COPPA and FERPA. This is really all due to the framework and approach that FCISO led us through. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.